Boston, MA Newmark Global Corporate Services (GCS) brings on new hires with specialty expertise to its consulting practice. Newmark GCS’ consulting practice advises firms–from fast-growing biotech businesses to Fortune 100 corporations–on how to optimize
Boston, MA Class B office leasing properties in the Seaport and Fort Point outperformed all other markets at the end of 2021, as lab conversions removed inventory and subleases were absorbed by new tenants or filled as employees returned to their offices following pandemic responses
Boston, MA According to Colliers Project Leaders | USA, Jennifer Johnson has joined the firm as director of business development in the firm’s local office. Johnson is a creative and strategic professional with experience in the management,
Boston, MA REFA hosted its first Fundamentals program of the year, Life Science Real Estate 101, on March 22nd. Over 200 REFA members attended the webinar featuring Mark Bruso, senior research manager, JLL; Hana Kolton, principal, Jacobs; and Tyson Reynoso,
Infrastructure is the only way to provide a safe and strong and connected built environment to serve all of our constituencies. For the comfort and well-being of our communities, we must focus on the changing environment and the new behaviors and demographics as they evolve, and we observe them.
At the moment, there are so many relevant unknowns regarding the world and its economies, it boggles the mind. The only part that has just been fixed is a playbook for interest rate hikes. Among the many remaining unknowns are supply chain issues, inflation, Covid variants, energy imbalances, geopolitical issues
It’s been a crazy couple of years since the pandemic outbreak. First everything shut down and immediate thoughts, beyond health and humanity, turned to how appraiser’s were going to do their jobs. We worked through it. Temporary policies were enacted circumventing interior inspections
In March, the Department of Housing and Urban Development delivered the long-anticipated Action Plan from the Interagency Task Force on Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE) to President Joe Biden. The PAVE Action Report targets dismantling racial discrimination and bias in mortgage
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been working on the redesign of the Uniform Residential Appraisal Report (URAR) for several years. The GSEs, through their Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) and Forms Redesign Initiative working group, have worked closely with stakeholders and allowed their input
Cambridge, MA Cambridge Savings Bank (CSB), has launched its Small Business Financial Education Program. Led by CSB’s financial education manager, Philip Mustone, the program will provide small businesses with information on best practices related to marketing
Salem, MA Salem Five Bank has promoted senior vice president Philip Soares to team leader of its commercial real estate division, taking over for Joseph Greenough, who retired last month.
New Haven, CT According to the Washington Trust Company, Brett Eagleson has joined the bank’s commercial real estate group as vice president and relationship manager in Connecticut. Eagleson will focus on the development of commercial real estate loan business,
Taunton, MA Cushman & Wakefield served as the exclusive advisor to Martignetti Companies in the procurement of $92 million for the refinancing of 500 John Hancock Rd., a class A core industrial asset. The 12-year, fixed-rate loan was provided by Northwestern Mutual.
Guilford, CT Lument completed the closing of an $18.9 million U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)/Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Sec. 223(a)(7) refinance for The Guilford House, a 96-bed assisted living (AL) and skilled nursing facility (SNF).
Boston, MA JLL Capital Markets has arranged $543 million in financing for the $596.6 million 10 World Trade project, a speculative development that will offer 555,250 s/f of life sciences, office and retail space in the Seaport District.
Everett, MA Cornerstone Realty Capital arranged $9 million in financing on behalf of V10 Development for the acquisition of a 0.95 acre residential redevelopment site. Located in the city’s Commercial Triangle Economic Development District, V10 Development will raze the existing 16,900 s/f
Winchester, MA Winchester Savings Bank has hired Benjamin Goldstein as a junior commercial lending officer. “We’re growing our Commercial Lending program, and Ben is an excellent addition to our team,” said John Carroll,
Marlborough, MA BEB Lending (BEB), the finance platform of BEB Capital, a leading investor and developer of industrial, office and multifamily assets throughout the East Coast, has provided a $5.85 million bridge loan to Patriot Holdings for the acquisition financing of an industrial property
Exeter, RI Kevin Casey of Sweeney Real Estate & Appraisal represented the sellers, 570 Nooseneck Hill LLC, in the sale of the 27,300 s/f flex building. The site was built in 2004 and utilized for the sale and distribution of motorcycle accessories